[Platycheirus clypeatus agg.] (Meigen, 1822)
(a group of very similar hoverflies)

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Platycheirus clypeatus
a hoverfly
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 13 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[Platycheirus clypeatus agg.] (a group of very similar hoverflies)
GenusPlatycheirus (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeBacchini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilySYRPHINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies)
FamilySYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of [Platycheirus clypeatus agg.] (a group of very similar hoverflies) :
1: [Platycheirus clypeatus agg.] (a group of very similar hoverflies)
9 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, swept off Carex acutiformis
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Female - lateral viewImage 3: Female - latero-ventral view
2: [Platycheirus clypeatus agg.] (a group of very similar hoverflies)
4 May 1998 OSGR: SU87 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Female - lateral viewImage 4: Female - ventral view
3: [Platycheirus clypeatus agg.] (a group of very similar hoverflies)
20 Jul 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
swept off Juncus
Image 1: Ventral and dorsal viewsImage 2: Ventral and two dorsal views

[Platycheirus clypeatus agg.] (a group of very similar hoverflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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